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David Wallace guest posts on Social Media Mom about getting kids to speak your social language and ways to encourage them to blog and get active making money on the internet. read more »
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Remember boys and girls..”content is king.” Just because the page was promoted through social media doesn’t mean it it doesn’t convert. Conversions happen. Conversations at the least will happen, and you’ll hear what people really think of you. read more »
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It seems that plans are in the works for the German Wikipedia to be made into a printed encyclopedia book and it will be sold in bookstores for 20 Euros ($32). The whole point of Wikipedia is to provide a voluntary online source of information makin read more »
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Darren Rowse has grown his Twitter presence to 5500 in the last few months. He gives 5 tips on how to grow one's Twitter presence with one extra added bonus tip. read more »
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When your blog is growing and the demands on your time become greater, how does one stay accessible to one's readers? Darren Rowse give 12 tips on how to stay interactive with your audience. read more »
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36.2 million women in the U.S write and read blogs every week and approximately half consider blogs a “highly reliable” or “very reliable” source of information and advice. read more »
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Andrew Baron tried selling his account on eBay this week. The eBay auction has closed, but you can still see the bidding history here, as it went as high as $1,550. read more »
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Business blogging is any blogging attempt that is motivated by the advance of any business or marketing endeavor. So to establish a few guidelines for proper business blog behavior there arises a need for a set of “social values”. read more »
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Mashable predicted it, and now it is for sure...Twitter spam is out of control. Is there anything we can do other than not follow? read more »
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Great discussion at Chris Brogan's blog about the use of avatars, what they mean to each person and preferences regarding faces, images, logos etc. read more »
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What’s going to be the viral element that gets us to cut down on our collective carbon emissions? Who’s going to deliver us the iPod of cleantech? If we knew for sure, we’d be off building it, but these 10 web sites think they have the key ingredien read more »
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Great interview with ten questions asked to social media/SEO aficionado Melanie Nathan regarding networking, Twitter and blogging. read more »
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Everyone measures the success of their blog in different ways - but when it comes to measuring engagement, comments and trackbacks are what really count. read more »
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Are people just voting for content and not really reading? Is blind support acceptable social media behaviour? What say you? read more »
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Is it possible today to market your site without the aid of large groups like Facebook, Stumble Upon etc. Tim Nash explains his idea of helping the little guys without satisfying "The Man". read more »
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Video/chat startup Seesmic has acquired Twhirl, a popular application created that allows users to access the Twitter service directly from their desktop. read more »
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It has been noticed that when the same user repeatedly submits articles from the same blog, the posts will not get promoted. If you often promote your own work, the articles will be recycled among you and your friends - your strong ties; your conten read more »
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Should we drop all of the labels denoting hierarchy and instead focus on labels that focus on either the media that we use or the subjects that we like? read more »
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Let’s face it, with all the mashed up buzzwords, “consultants” and vague lingo flying around, it can be difficult to identify what social media can do for a business. Well, the answer to that is what do you want it to do? read more »
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Recently, the Catholic church decided to update the 7 deadly sins with a new set to reflect it’s new socially conscious agenda. Sweeping away the obvious historical issues we could raise here, I thought it would be fun to look at what these might b read more »
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It seems a rise in new “commercial” followers is forcing Twitter users to think hard about whether they want to follow anyone. Evidently these bots work by following links and performing automated tasks, and are disproportionately adding those that read more »
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Can social media be used to mine for creative gold by harnessing the wisdom and power of the crowd, cheaply extracting and pooling valuable information that becomes even more valuable? read more »
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You have two choices:

You can begin utilizing social media as part of your overall marketing strategy or don’t use social media and watch angrily while your competitors put you out of business. read more »
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It is very important to organize your keyword modifiers for several reasons. A few being more organic search traffic, understanding visitors behavior and knowledge of interlinking. read more »
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Marty takes us to the second part of a series on What social media is actually good for by addressing the fears that companies have about utilizing social media and how to help them overcome their fears. Turns out, avoidance is not a strategy! read more »
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